Method of sending and receiving large files between translator and customer.

Thread poster: Nina Engberg

Nina EngbergUnited States Local time: 20:05Member (2003) English to Swedish + ...

Oct 4, 2001

I am about to start off this big 100,000 word translation project, which will come in many small files. I am in the U.S. and my customer is in Sweden. What would be the best way for us to deliver these files? I am thinking that maybe CD-RW would work as my zip drive is only 100 MB.

Does anyone have any input on this matter? I would greatly appreciate it![addsig]

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I am working on a 50,000 word project now (half of a book), which all together in word format is only around 1.5 megs, which means I can even e-mail the whole thing (it\'s in chapters) as an attachment. Certainly it would fit on a zip disk, but it would seem easier to just send it as attachments.

If it\'s really graphics heavy, I guess you could burn a cd-rom, which would probably be easier to mail than a zip disk anyway.

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Nina EngbergUnited States Local time: 20:05Member (2003) English to Swedish + ...

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Thanks, Theodore

Oct 4, 2001

Great, I\'ll just have them email it all to me then. I somehow thought that it would be much bigger memorywise...[addsig]

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well, 100 000 words isn\'t THAT big. Normally, zipping and emailing should be OK (IF you don\'t have one of these **.free accounts - something I would advise any _serious_ translator against). I offer clients a variety of possibilities, especially for large files; one which works very well is to ask the client if they have an ftp address. I have one or two customers that send me an email and I then download the file via ftp from their site and later upload it when I am finished. This usually requires a somewhat longer standing relationship, but not always.

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I you and your customer run Windows 2000 you may use the utility named \"Webfolders\". You can save files in your customer computer as if you did in your own one. But the problem is both must be running Windows 2000 and have continuous connection.

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I use internet file storage, there are many places allowing free uploading, storage and downloading of stuff up to 100 Mb. All my clients have internet access, you can password protect documents against illegal use. Best thing, it\'s free and if your computer ever crashes (HD) you don\'t lose a thing!

If you want any names, let me know.[addsig]

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